गिरिदर्यां विनिक्षिप्य नीतं नीतं महासुर: । शिलया पिदधे द्वारं चतु:पञ्चावशेषिता: ॥ २९ ॥
giri-daryāṁ vinikṣipya nītaṁ nītaṁ mahāsuraḥ śilayā pidadhe dvāraṁ catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣitāḥ
- giri
- of a mountain
- daryām
- in a cave
- vinikṣipya
- throwing
- nītam nītam
- gradually bringing them
- mahā-asuraḥ
- the great demon
- śilayā
- with a stone
- pidadhe
- he blocked
- dvāram
- the entrance
- catuḥ-pañca
- four or five
- avaśeṣitāḥ
- remained
Gradually the great demon abducted more and more of the cowherd boys and cast them into a mountain cave, which he sealed shut with a boulder. Finally only four or five boys acting as sheep remained in the game.